California desert trails J Smeaton b 1864 Chase 9781178139624 Books
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California desert trails J Smeaton b 1864 Chase 9781178139624 Books
Great book on desert travel in California--if you like this book you will also want to read the following 99-cent classics on western desert travels:1 The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (1922) (Linked Table of Contents)
2 Illustrated sketches of Death Valley and other borax deserts of the Pacific Coast (1892)
3 Camp and Camino in Lower California: A Record of the Adventures of the Author While Exploring Peninsular California, Mexico (1910)
4 The Lost 49ers of Death Valley: A Survivor's True Story
5 "Mysterious Scott" the Monte Cristo of Death Valley: And Tracks of a Tenderfoot, a Story of Modern Mystery of Western Life and the Real Experiences of a Real Tenderfoot
6 Reminiscences of a Ranger: or, Early Times in Southern California (1881)
7 Narrative of a Ride with Kit Carson Across the Great American Desert and Through the Rocky Mountains (1870)
8 The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances (1902)
9 Adventures in the Apache Country: A Tour Through Arizona and Sonora, with Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada (1859)
10 Campfires on Desert and Lava (1908)
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California desert trails J Smeaton b 1864 Chase 9781178139624 Books Reviews
I ENJOYED IT. I HAVE TRAVELED MANY OF THE SAME TRAILS AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PLACES ALTHOUGH 100 years separate our lives.
This book is wonderful. Although the subtitle mentions the Mohave Desert, Chase mostly traveled in the Colorado Desert. His prose style and adventures make this a classic - now 100 years old. What an interesting character.
I highly recommend this book to all California desert lovers! It's at once amusing and horrifying how much the California desert has changed in just the 90 or so years since Chase passed through. Unlike John Van Dyke's (The Desert) more poetic and lofty visions of the desert, Chase's observations are a bit more realistic and often offer dreary glimpses of a harsh landscape.
I would have given this book five stars were it not for the reproduction "This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.". There are several pages that are outright missing from my book, and several others that I could not read due to poor scanning. If you're a desert wanderer and lover willing to deal with the imperfections, this book should be in your collection!
This book gives a good account of Mr Chase's travels through the Colorado Desert. I first read the book back in the 1970's, and have reread it at least four times. It is a great book about the lower desert, most books tend to be written on gold mining and the higher Mojave desert.
As for the desert changing, it has built up, but land marks mentioned in the book can still be easily recognized, the sand hills north of Palm Springs, the former Southern Pacific tracks running east of the Salton Sea, the mud hills east of Indio, Chocolate Mountains, The list goes on.
The book makes a good read for those that would care to travel the lower desert and know some history, and not think of the desert as a lifeless empty space to be shunned.
Not what I expected. Never got interested in the book. Not sure what the point of it was.
Anyone interested in the history of the early West, and esp desert travel I found this a fascinating book. All about the desert of the southwest and the interesting characters prospecting in the early 1900's. The author is an educated traveler with intimate knowledge of the plants and geology. Even today, not much has changed in the desert.
It was a Corb Lund song, The Only Long Rider I Know, that ultimately turned me on to this book. Corb's song is about James Greenwood, a British long rider, who rode through parts of South America in the latter half of the 20th century. (A long rider is a person who rides his or her equine at least 1,000 miles on one trip.) BTW, James' book is another wonderful account of a long rider and his horse on a remarkable journey- but that is another review. While reading James' book, I came across his reference to this book. I had to read it book because I am fascinated by long riders and I have lived for years in the Southern California low desert. How anyone is able to ride through this desert in the summer where temperatures easily top 115 degrees and water holes are very very few is amazing. That Mr. Chase so ably documented his long ride is stunning. The book is a simple and easy to read. If you are interested in a well-done adventure, this book is a must.
Great book on desert travel in California--if you like this book you will also want to read the following 99-cent classics on western desert travels
1 The White Heart of Mojave An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert (1922) (Linked Table of Contents)
2 Illustrated sketches of Death Valley and other borax deserts of the Pacific Coast (1892)
3 Camp and Camino in Lower California A Record of the Adventures of the Author While Exploring Peninsular California, Mexico (1910)
4 The Lost 49ers of Death Valley A Survivor's True Story
5 "Mysterious Scott" the Monte Cristo of Death Valley And Tracks of a Tenderfoot, a Story of Modern Mystery of Western Life and the Real Experiences of a Real Tenderfoot
6 Reminiscences of a Ranger or, Early Times in Southern California (1881)
7 Narrative of a Ride with Kit Carson Across the Great American Desert and Through the Rocky Mountains (1870)
8 The Desert Further Studies in Natural Appearances (1902)
9 Adventures in the Apache Country A Tour Through Arizona and Sonora, with Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada (1859)
10 Campfires on Desert and Lava (1908)
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